Sophomore Defensemen John Driscoll
Former School: Army Hometown: Littleton, Colorado Birthday: Height: 6’4’’ Weight: 205 LBS Shoots: L Junior Hockey Career
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Freshman Forward Jake Hewitt
Former School: Army Hometown: Fitchburg, Massachusetts Birthday: July 5th, 2002 Height: 5’10’’ Weight: 180 LBS Shoots: R Junior Hockey Career
Junior Forward Reid Pabich
Former School: Maine Hometown: Verona, Wisconsin Birthday: October 5th, 2001 Height: 5’11’’ Weight: 180 LBS Shoots: R Junior Hockey Career
Junior Forward Félix Trudeau
Former School: Maine Hometown: Terrebonne, Quebec Birthday: September 24th, 2002 Height: 6’2’’ Weight: 190 LBS Shoots: L Junior Hockey Career
Senior Forward Max Dorrington
Former School: St. Lawrence Hometown: North Reading, Massachusetts Birthday: August 30th, 2001 Height: 6’3’’ Weight: 220 LBS Shoots: R Junior Hockey Career
Senior Defensemen Gabe Blanchard
Former School: UMass Lowell Hometown: East Aurora, New York Birthday: September 15th, 2000 Height: 6’1’’ Weight: 199 LBS Shoots: L Junior Hockey Career
Senior Forward Matt Guerra
Former School: Holy Cross Hometown: Orlando, Florida Birthday: May 21st, 1999 Height: 5’8’’ Weight: 165 LBS Shoots: R Junior Hockey Career
Senior Forward Tyler Ghirardosi
Former School: Holy Cross Hometown: Montrose, British Columbia Birthday: October 1st, 1999 Height: 6’3’’ Weight: 185 LBS Shoots: L Junior Hockey Career
SHU Men vs. Niagara 3/8/24 | 2024 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals Game 1 | 6-3 L
-Second straight year these two have met in the AHA Quarters. Niagara won last year in three games -Mark Cheremeta was in the lineup for the first time since December 9th at Princeton. He slotted in on the top line with Jaworski and Tuck -Early stoppage for a review on a hit 3:26 in. Nothing came of it -Braeden Tuck got the scoring started on the Power Play with 6:51 to go in the first period. TJ Walsh and John Jaworski got the assists -Kevin Lombardi gave the Pioneers a 2-0 lead on a weird angled shot just four minutes into the second. TJ Walsh got his second assist on the goal. Marcus Joughin also grabbed an assist -Garrett Sundquist took a penalty with 13:47 to go in the frame. Hunter Sansbury made an unreal play after the puck got through Robbins to clear it off the line and save a goal. He blocked a shot right after as well -Niagara would get on the board 6:35 to go in the second on a Tyler Wallace goal. The second period would end 2-1 SHU. -Then the third started. Carter Randklev scored 1:21 into the period to tie the game. Then, he scored again 30 seconds later to give Niagara a 3-2 lead. 13 seconds after that goal. Jonathan Ziskie scored to make it 4-2 Purple Eagles. Three goals in 44 seconds for Niagara. Absolutely back breaking -Braeden Tuck scored his second of the day off a wild sequence. John Jaworski came out of the box and found himself on a breakaway, but was stuffed. Tuck scored on a rebound, but it was called no goal, but then reviewed and counted. Jaworski got an assist -1:09 after the Tuck goal, Niagara scored on a Power Play. They would add an empty netter with 50 seconds to play to make the final 6-3 -SOG finished 35-34 Pios -2,354 was the announced attendance. Not terrible with the students on spring break SHU Men vs. Niagara 3/9/24 | 2024 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals Game 2 | 5-1 L -Pios needed to win to force a Game 3 -Daniel Ebrahim would open the scoring just 19 seconds in. It was an odd angled shot that somehow managed to find the back of the net. This would be the only goal SHU would manage -Niagara would tie the game 3:11 into the second period, then score two goals in less than a minute (one on the Power Play) to take a 3-1 lead -Jake Bongo had a really good chance right in front at the end of the third that was shut down -Jack Richard would score, again on the Power Play, 4:30 into the third to make it 4-1. That's when it felt like it finally was out of reach -Niagara would add an empty netter with 3:18 to go to make the final 5-1 -The Sacred Heart Power Play would go 0/3 on the evening. Niagara went 2/4 -2,639 announced attendance. Again, not terrible without the students -This is the second straight year Sacred Heart was eliminated in the quarterfinal round by Niagara -SHU has still not reached the Atlantic Hockey Semifinal round since 2010, and has not won a playoff series/round since 2018 (They did advance in 2021, but that was because Holy Cross withdrew due to COVID issues) -The Pios finished the year on an 0-5-1 skid after sweeping AIC and winning game one at Air Force -It is a disappointing end of the year. SHU was in first place heading into CT Ice (RIT had games in hand to be fair), but still slid down to third and fell as the higher seed again, being outscored 11-4 in the two games. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't frustrated as a fan -Season Leaders
SHU Women vs. Franklin Pierce 2/23/24 | 2024 NEWHA Quarterfinals Game 1 | 3-1 L
-This was the second year in a row Sacred Heart and Franklin Pierce have met in the NEWHA Quarters. Last year, FPU hosted, winning the series in three games -This was also the first playoff series the women's team has hosted at Martire Family Arena -The Ravens jumped out in front first. Anna Caumo scored on the Power Play to give FPU the lead -Sacred Heart would answer just 2:39 later, when Paige McNeil scored to tie the game. Olivia Laroche and Kailey Smith had the assists. This would be the lone goal for the Pioneers in the series -Franklin Pierce would regain the lead with 8:06 to play in the third on a goal from Claire Casey and add an empty netter with 40 seconds to play -Sacred Heart finished the game with only one Power Play opportunity. It was early off a high stick, the Pios registered two SOG. FPU was 1/5 on the Power Play -SHU had 39 shots on goal in the game. Their 7th highest total this season. Paige McNeil, Izzy Chaput, and Sydney Antonakis had 5 shots each. Chaput added three blocked shots -Jillian Petruno finished the game with 22 saves on 24 shots SHU Women vs. Franklin Pierce 2/24/24 | 2024 NEWHA Quarterfinals Game 2 | 2-0 L -Grace Schuck scored the opening goal of the game with 23 seconds to go in the first period. That was all the scoring until the final three minutes of the game when the Ravens added an empty netter -Jillian Petruno stopped 25 of 26 shots she faced. Pios finished with 29 SOG -Both teams went 0/3 on the Power Play. The Pios Power Play finished the year operating at 12.6% (Tied for 34th Nationally) -This is the third season in a row that Sacred Heart has been eliminated from the NEWHA Tournament by Franklin Pierce. The were knocked out in the quarterfinals last season, and the semifinals the season before -Season Leaders
SHU Men at Bentley 2/24/24 | 2-2 T | Bentley Won Shootout 2-0 -Heading into the weekend, SHU was out of the running for the regular season AHA Title (RIT went back to back). But the Pios could have finished between 2nd and 4th. The scenarios were as follows:
-Sacred Heart opened the scoring on the Power Play 12:31 in. Marcus Joughin potted his 8th of the year to give the Pios a 1-0 lead. John Jaworski and Mikey Adamson had the assists -The Sacred Heart PP would go 1/3 on the night -Brendan Dumas would score his second goal of the year six minutes after the Joughin goal, giving the Pioneers a 2-0 lead -Bentley would get their first goal 40 seconds into the second on the Power Play -The rest of the second period would be scoreless as was the first 12 minutes of the third, until Ryan Upson scored for the Falcons to tie the game at two -Sacred Heart did have a push at the end of the third, looking for the go ahead but couldn't find it. With the game heading to overtime, Sacred heart would be locked into the three seed in the AHA Playoffs -Bentley would end up winning the shootout 2-0, grabbing the extra point -Justin Robbins stopped 21 of 23 shots in regulation and overtime -Hunter Sansbury blocked four shots -Garrett Sundquist blocked three. He's got four blocks and a goal in the last two games after returning to the lineup -Slipping all the way to third is a little disappointing. Especially after being in first place as late as January 26th (heading into CT Ice). It would have been nice to have home Ice for the first two rounds, especially with a semifinal against Holy Cross as a possibility (SHU lost both games in Worcester this year) -The AHA Tournament reseeds after the first round. So SHU's quarterfinal opponent is TBD. If everything goes chalk, it would be Bentley (SHU was 1-1-1 against the Falcons this year) -SHU hasn't been to the Atlantic Hockey Semifinals since 2010, and have not won a playoff round since 2018 when they beat RIT 2-1 in a first round series (Technically SHU advanced in the 2021 AHA Tournament, but that was due to Holy Cross withdrawing because of COVID). They look to change all of that in two weeks |
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